Sherwin Wins Ladies Ranking Event 1

The 1st ladies ranking event took place in Newbridge CYMS on Sunday 28th September.  We would like to welcome our 3 new members, Ronda Sheldreck, Maria Murray and Katie French. Claire Mill beat Catherine Fitzsimons 3-0, winning the 1st frame well; but having to scrap and fight for the next 2 to secure her place

Byrne Wins Intermediate Billiards Event 1

Liam Byrne from Edenderry Snooker Club won the RIBSA Intermediate Billiards Event 1 in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday the 28th of September. In the final he beat Brendan Devlin from Celbridge in a excellent quality final. Full Report to follow

Yeates Wins Intermediate 1 – Classic Finglas

Andrew Yeates from Navan won the RIBSA Intermediate event one in The Classic Snooker Club in Finglas Dublin today on Saturday 27th of September. In the final he beat Colvin O Brien from Carlow in a very close final. RIBSA would like to thank the Classic SC for holding the event and making it such

Hogan wins Abbey Court Hotel Open

The New Institute Snooker  Club, Nenagh played host to the 2014 Nenagh Open last weekend,  which was sponsored by The Abbey Court Hotel Nenagh ( part of The Great National Hotel Group). There were a total of twenty nine entries for the event. This was the second ever staging of the event and the defending

RIBSA U-21 Ranking Event 1 – DRAW

The first RIBSA Under 21 Snooker Ranking event of the season will be held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday the 25th of October. You can now text your entry to RIBSA on 085 2428701. This is a text number only and you must include your name, club and event you

Garda Vetting Seminar

Chairman John Doherty and Council member Breda Doherty attended a one day seminar at the Garda College in Templemore Co Tipperary this week. The seminar was to explain the changes and responsi​bilities of governing bodies with the new legislation coming into law later this year with the new Child Protection Act. Also covered was the

Doyle Wins Senior Billiards Event {1} 150up

Senior Billiards, first round to Wayne Doyle. The first tournament of the Senior Billiards series was played at The Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday, 14th of September 2014. Wayne Doyle (Dun Laoghaire), having been to every final last season, continued in this vein to establish himself at the top of the rankings by

Devenney Wins Northwest SC U-21 Open

The first of this year’s Under 21 Regional snooker tournaments took place at the North West Snooker Club in Letterkenny last weekend.  For some it was a matter of wiping the cobwebs off the cue for the first time in a couple of months, but for others who had a busy summer of international junior

German National Coach visits PJ

This week the German National Snooker Coach Thomas Hein travelled to the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow for a coaching session with our RIBSA and EBSA head Coach PJ Nolan. Thomas is the head snooker Bundestrainer in Germany and during the session PJ outlined his plans for his upcoming training day and discussed a

RIBSA Snooker Competitions Rules 2014-2015

RIBSA have updated the rules for the Senior, Intermediate, Masters and Junior Snooker ranking Events for 2014-2015. If you need more information on the events you should email RIBSA on info@ribsa.ie or Text 085 2428701 RULES FOR SENIOR RANKING POINTS TOURNAMENTS 1. Only players who are citizens or persons who have been resident for more